Clothes-line.



' 0. H. HARDIN.

CLOTHES LINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 18, 1909.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

ANDREW. a. Glwwl om Pnomumocwnm wmnnumu wc I CHARLES H. HARDIN," or SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA.

CLOTHES-LINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

Application filed March 18, 1909. Serial No. 484,139.

To all whom it may concern: I i 7 Be it known thatI, CHARLES H. HARDIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shelby, in the county of Cleveland and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothesa clothes line having means whereby the clothes maybe attached thereto without the use of clothes-pins or other separate fastening devices.

A further object is to provide a line of this character having means whereby the clothes are firmly attached thereto without tearing or injuring the clothes and having means whereby the clothes may bereadily secured to and removed from the line.

With this and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully de scribed and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of aclothes-line constructed in accordance with the inven-. tion; Fig. 2 is a top or edge view of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 of'Fig. '1; Fig. 4 is a detail side view of one of the links of the line showing the manner in which the parts are opened to receive and remove the clothes therefrom.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 1 denotes a clothes line which is made up of a series of links 2 loosely connected'toether, as shown. Each of the links 2 is formed from a single'piece of wire bent near its opposite ends to form the connecting loops 3, the loops of the consecutive links being engaged with each other to form the line.

After forming the loops the ends of the wire are bent aroundthe main portion 4 of the link in the form of a coil 5 after which the ends of the wire are continued to a point midway between the endsof the;

secured to the main 7. P rtion of the link by means of a clip 6 which is preferably formed of thin sheet metal bent around the meeting ends of the wire and the main portion 4 of the link as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The ends of the clip 6 overlap and form a secure fastening for the free ends of the wire as well as holding the main portion 4 and the ends of the wire in operative engagement to form spring clamping members 7 between which the clothes are engaged when attached to the line.

By forming the coils 5 around the main portion 4 of the link the clamping members are held together against lateral movement thereby increasing their efiiciency in holding the clothes engaged therewith. The

coils 5 also form convenient finger engaging or gripping devices to facilitate the opening or springing apart of the clamping devices 7 for the insertion or removal of the clothes from theline. When the clamping members are to be opened for the insertion or removal of the clothes the thumb is placed beneath one of the coils 5 and the first finger inserted through the coil above the main portion 4 of the link after which the thumb and first finger are brought together which movement will spring the clamping members apart to receive the clothes or permit their removal from the line.

The links of the line are preferably formed from galvanized or non-corrosive wire rods of suitable size and when constructed as herein shown and described will provide a strong durable and inexpensive clothes line having efiicient and reliable clothes fastening means whereby the use of or necessity for pins or other fastening devices is entirely dispensed with.

7 From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in the appended claim.

What I claim as my invention is:

A clothes line comprising a series of loosely connected links each of which is bent to form a main portion and to form connecting loops at the ends of said main portion,

coils formed in said ends of the Wire around the main portion thereof to form an eye slidable across the main portion, clothes 10 portion whereby spring clamping members are formed between said attaching clips and said coils.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES H. HARDIN.

.lVitnesses T. K. BARNETT, M. A. MCSWAIN. 

